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Team News Wolves caretaker manager Terry Connor has no fresh injury problems for the Premier League visit of leaders Manchester United.

Midfielder Karl Henry is the only player sidelined and he hopes to return from his hamstring injury for the next match, at Norwich on March 24.

Connor has to decide whether to recall captain Roger Johnson, with Wolves having leaked nine goals in three games since he dropped the centre-back.

Manchester United will hope Wayne Rooney shrugs off the knock he suffered during Thursday night's Europa League defeat in Spain in time to faces Wolves.

Rooney stayed down following a challenge by Jon Aurtenetxe in the second half of the 2-1 loss to Athletic Bilbao, although he was able to complete the game and score his 27th goal of the season.

Paul Scholes is set to return in midfield at Molineux, where victory would take United four points clear at the top of the Premier League, whilst Phil Jones hopes to shrug off a flu bug.

Match Notes Less than 72 hours after being humbled in Bilbao, Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester United players must raise themselves for a trip to Molineux which must result in a victory if they are to avoid passing the title initiative back to Manchester City.

It may not be so easy. Wolves are in woeful form, but they have a habit of upsetting United on home turf, winning two of their last three league meetings in he Black Country.

Wolves ended United's lengthy unbeaten run last February and also claimed three points in Jan 2004. Same again?

Betting: Home 6-1, Away 1-3, Draw 17-5.

Stat of the game: United need to win four of their remaining five away games to set a club record of 14 away victories in a single season.